Uncle Jim's Cabin
UNCLE JIM'S CABIN
IN 1853 JAMES OTTERSON BUILT A HOTEL NEAR THIS CORNER
IT WAS THE FIRST BUILDING IN WHAT WAS TO BECOME MAYFIELD,
LATER A PART OF PALO ALTO. TRAVELERS BETWEEN SAN
FRANCISCO AND SAN JOSE STOPPED HERE AS DID LUMBERMEN
COMING DOWN FROM THE HILLS TO THE BAY.
PLAQUE PLACED BY CITY OF PALO ALTO IN COOPERATION WITH
THE PALO ALTO HISTORICAL ASS0CIATION ON THE OCCASION OF
PALO ALTO's 75 TH ANNIVERSARY, APRIL 16, 1969.
POINT OF HISTORICAL İNTEREST SCL-007
Submitted by Darren Platt